#1. This week's number one is former international forward Jan Vesely (211-90, currently plays in NBA). He contributed to an easy victory against the Orlando Magic (14-27) crushing them 120-91 in the NBA in Monday night's game.
Vesely scored 10 points, had 7 rebounds and dished 4 assists in 25 minutes on the court.
The Washington Wizards have not so impressive 9-30 record this season.
This year Vesely averages: 2.7ppg, 2.6rpg, 2FGP: 48.6% and FT: 22.2% in the 29 games he played so far.
He played for the Czech Republic senior national team three years ago.

#2. Second place goes to an international point guard Tomas Satoransky (201-91, currently plays in Spain). Satoransky was the major contributor in Cajasol's victory against the closely-ranked UCAM Murcia (7-11) 81-73 in the Spanish ACB last Sunday.
He scored 16 points, had 7 rebounds and dished 5 assists.
Cajasol Banca Civica Sevilla (7-11) is placed 12th in the ACB.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
It's Satoransky's first season with the team.
Satoransky is ranked fifth on the list of the best passers in the league.
He has very reliable stats this season: 12.1ppg, 3.6rpg, 4.0apg, 1.1spg, 2FGP: 49.3%, 3FGP: 29.7% and FT: 76.2%.
Satoransky is in the roster of the Czech Republic senior national team.

#3. The Czech Republic player who performed third best last week abroad was an experienced former international center Ondrej Starosta (215-79, currently plays in Spain), who plays in the Spanish LEB Gold (second division). He could not help Planasa NV (7-8) in their last game. Despite Starosta's very good performance Planasa NV was crushed 90-61 on the road by the higher-ranked (#5) Lleida_Basquet.
He had a double-double by scoring 18 points and getting 11 rebounds. Starosta also added 4 blocks in 35 minutes.
Starosta is currently fifth on the league's list of top scorers and also on the list of best rebounders (first place).
He has individually a very good year with high stats. Starosta averages: 15.7ppg, 9.5rpg, 1.1apg, 1.3bpg, 2FGP: 59.0%(102-173) and FT: 40.3% in the 15 games.
He played for the Czech Republic national team five years ago.

#4. Center Tomas Hampl (215-88, currently plays in Spain) led River Andorra to a victory over the sixth-ranked Leche Rio Breogan (7-8) 77-66 in the Spanish LEB Gold (second division) in Saturday night's game.
Hampl was MVP of the game. He scored 18 points.
B.C. River Andorra (3-0) is placed in the LEB Gold.
So far his team won all three games in the Regular Season.
Hampl's overall stats this season are: 7.6ppg and 3.9rpg.
He is also Czech Republic national team player.

#5. International shooting guard Pavel Pumprla (198-86, currently plays in Spain) was not able to help Blusens Monbus (9-9) in their game against Assignia Manresa (3-15) in the Spanish ACB.
Pumprla scored 7 points in 16 minutes.
Blusens Monbus lost 69-83 in Manresa to the one of league's weakest teams (#17) Assignia.
This year Pumprla's overall stats are: 6.4ppg and 2.7rpg in the 18 games.
He plays currently for the Czech Republic national team.

#6. Center Ondrej Balvin (216-92, currently plays in Spain) is a teammate of previously mentioned Tomas Satoransky and both played together in the last Spanish ACB game.
Balvin managed to help Cajasol Banca Civica Sevilla in a victory against the closely-ranked UCAM Murcia (7-11) 81-73.
He scored only 2 points in 12 minutes.
This year Balvin's total stats are: 2.4ppg and 1.8rpg in the 14 games.
He is an international player who is currently on the senior Czech Republic National Team roster.

#7. Former international center Ales Chan (216-80, agency: Edge Sports, college: Seton Hill, currently plays in Cyprus) was not able to secure a victory for Apoel (2-6) in their game against Etha (10-4) in the Cypriot Division A.
Chan scored only 4 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 18 minutes.
Apoel was edged 71-70 in a derby game by the higher-ranked (#3) Etha.
The Regular Season already ended.
Chan has averaged so far 6.2ppg and 4.3rpg in the 11 games.
He used to play for the Czech Republic national team
three years ago.

#8. Power forward Marek Soucek (213-90, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to an easy victory against the Texas Tech University (1-4) crushing them 79-45 in the NCAA on Saturday night.
He recorded only 3 points.
The Oklahoma State University has 2-3 conference record this season.
Soucek has averaged so far 6.6ppg, 3.5rpg and 1.1apg.
He used to play for the Czech Republic U20 national team
back in 2010.

The list of other players, who all have Czech Republic passport but never been selected to any of Czech Republic national teams:

#1.Robert Skibniewski (183-PG-83, currently plays in Poland), who plays in the Polish TBL could not help AZS Koszalin (9-8) to beat Kotwica (5-12).
Skibniewski scored only 4 points and added 4 assists.
AZS Koszalin was defeated 88-76 on the road by the lower-ranked Kotwica (#10).
Skibniewski belongs to league's best passers and is ranked #7.
His total stats this season are: 7.8ppg, 2.6rpg, 4.1apg and 1.2spg.

#2.David Steffel (212-C/F-85, currently plays in Romania) was not able to help Rovinari (9-9) in their game against Timisoara (9-6) in the Romanian Liga Nationala.
Steffel scored only 4 points.
Rovinari was defeated 94-87 on the opponent's court by the higher-ranked Timisoara (#6).
His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
Steffel is currently first on the league's list of best rebounders.
This season he has very good stats: 14.1ppg, 9.0rpg and 1.5apg.

#3.Michal Kremen (200-G/F-81, currently plays in Cyprus) was not able to secure a victory for Apoel (2-6) in their game against Etha (10-4) in the Cypriot Division A. Kremen cannot count Tuesday's game as one of the best ones.
He scored only 2 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
Apoel was edged 71-70 in a derby game by the higher-ranked Etha (#3).
The Regular Season already ended.
Kremen has averaged so far 6.0ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.8apg and 1.6spg.

#4.Jan Kratochvil (200-F-82, currently plays in Slovakia) managed to help MBK Rieker Komarno in a victory against the sixth-ranked Inter Bratislava (10-12) 85-76 in the Slovakian Extraliga last Saturday.
He scored only 2 points in 12 minutes.
MBK Rieker Komarno (16-5) is placed first in the Extraliga.
Kratochvil has averaged so far 6.6ppg, 3.5rpg and 1.1apg in the 20 games he played so far.

#5.Jaromir Fohler (211-C-85, currently plays in Spain) contributed to a Lan Mobel ISB's victory against the fifth-ranked Prat Juventud (7-6) 79-71 in the Spanish LEB Silver (third division) in Friday night's game.
Fohler scored only 2 points in 8 minutes on the court.
Lan Mobel Iraurgi Saski Baloia (1-0) is placed in the LEB Silver.
Fohler has averaged so far 1.3ppg and 1.7rpg in the 12 games.

Robinson's 32-point game gives him Player of the Week award - 2 days ago

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28-year old guard Donald Robinson (193-G-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Usti n/Labem and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3. He had the game-high 32 points adding six rebounds and six assists for Usti n/Labem in his team's victory, helping them to edge out BK Kolin (#8, 1-2) 95-92. Usti n/Labem is placed at 4th position in Czech Republic league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this sea... [read more]

28-year old guard Donald Robinson (193-G-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Usti n/Labem and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3.He had the game-high 32 points adding six rebounds and six assists for Usti n/Labem in his team's victory, helping them to edge out BK Kolin (#8, 1-2) 95-92. Usti n/Labem is placed at 4th position in Czech Republic league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Usti n/Labem will need more victories to improve their 2-1 record. In the team's last game Robinson had a remarkable 76.9% from 2-point range and got three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He turned to be Usti n/Labem's top player in his first season with the team. West Virginia University Inst. of Techn. graduate has very impressive stats this year. Robinson is in league's top in points (4th best: 22.0ppg) and averages solid 58.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Lee Skinner (198-F-92) of BK Kolin. He is American forward in his 3rd season at BK Kolin. In the last game Skinner recorded impressive 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Bad luck as BK Kolin was edged by Usti n/Labem (2-1) 95-92. The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Skinner is one of the most experienced players at BK Kolin and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.0ppg (#7). He also registered 9.3 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Brian Sullivan (183-PG-93) of MMCITE Brno (#6). Sullivan scored 28 points and passed eight assists. He was a key player of MMCITE Brno, leading his team to a 108-93 easy win against J.Hradec (#9, 0-2). MMCITE Brno needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost games. Sullivan has a great season in Czech Republic. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 29.0ppg (best scorer) and assists with 5.0apg (5th best).

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

Miroslav Kvapil (202-C-93) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Opava B and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com 1Liga Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 24-year old center had a double-double of 35 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team beat Olomouc Bbal (1-2) 88-77. Opava B is placed at 6th position in their group in Czech Republic 1Liga. Opava B is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-... [read more]

Miroslav Kvapil (202-C-93) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Opava B and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com 1Liga Player of the Week award for round 3.The 24-year old center had a double-double of 35 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team beat Olomouc Bbal (1-2) 88-77. Opava B is placed at 6th position in their group in Czech Republic 1Liga. Opava B is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. Kvapil has many years of experience at Opava B, through which he has constantly improved. Kvapil has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 29.0ppg. Kvapil is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 11.0rpg) and averages solid 3.0spg and 66.7% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young swingman Frantisek Vana (192-G/F-98) of second-ranked BCM Orli. Vana impressed basketball fans with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course he led BCM Orli to another comfortable win outscoring Zlin (2-1) 102-70. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Vana is a newcomer at BCM Orli and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was Michal Palat (194-G-90) of Ostrava (#4). Palat scored 19 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). Despite Palat's great performance Ostrava lost 62-72 to #3 ranked Sokol Slapanice. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Ostrava needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams in WEST. Their record is 2 victories and 1 lost games. Palat has a very solid season. In 2 games in Czech Republic he scored 13.0ppg.

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

NBL Round 3: BK Opava beats Basketbal Svitavy by one after a very close game - 3 days ago

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There were just three rounds played in Regular Season of NBL and we can clearly see which teams will fight for top positions and which will try to avoid bottom places. Coincidentally all hosts won their games. The most exciting game of round 3 in the NBL took place in Opava. This derby game ended with only one-point defeat on the road of Basketbal Svitavy (0-3) to BK Opava (3-0) 81-80 on Wednesday evening. Host team only slightly avoided a big embarassment. It was a good game for the fo... [read more]

There were just three rounds played in Regular Season of NBL and we can clearly see which teams will fight for top positions and which will try to avoid bottom places. Coincidentally all hosts won their games.

The most exciting game of round 3 in the NBL took place in Opava. This derby game ended with only one-point defeat on the road of Basketbal Svitavy (0-3) to BK Opava (3-0) 81-80 on Wednesday evening. Host team only slightly avoided a big embarassment. It was a good game for the former international point guard Jakub Sirina (186-87, agency: Octagon Europe) who saved his team from a defeat with 20 points and 9 assists. The former international guard Radim Klecka (189-90) contributed with 18 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. American forward Garret Kerr (194-92, college: Univ.Sciences) answered with a double-double by scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds for Basketbal Svitavy. BK Opava are looking forward to face USK Praha (#3) on the road in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Basketbal Svitavy will play against BK Pardubice (#7) and hopes to get finally their first victory.Important game to mention about took place in Usti nad Labem. BK Usti nad Labem (2-1) saved a 3-point victory at home edging BK Kolin (1-2) 95-92 on Wednesday evening. It was a great evening for American guard Donald Robinson (193-89, college: W.Virginia Tech) who led his team to a victory scoring 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Ladislav Pecka helped adding 21 points (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field). BK Usti nad Labem's coach Antonin Pistecky allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. The best for the losing side was American forward Lee Skinner (198-92, college: Wofford) with 28 points and 9 rebounds. BK Usti nad Labem will play against BK Olomoucko (#11) in Prostejov in the next round and are hoping to win another game. BK Kolin will play on the road against BK Lions Hradec in J.Hradec and it may be a tough game between close rivals. The game between MMCITE Brno (2-1) and BK Lions Hradec (0-2) in Brno on Wednesday ended with biggest points difference. MMCITE Brno beat guests from J.Hradec 108-93. It was a quality performance for Brian Sullivan who led the winners and scored 28 points and 8 assists. Danny Lawhorn came up with a double-double by scoring 29 points and 11 assists for BK Lions Hradec in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. MMCITE Brno will meet NH Ostrava (#10) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. BK Lions Hradec will play against BK Kolin and looks forward to get finally their first victory.

In the last game of round 3 winless BK Olomoucko was beaten by BK Decin on the road 96-84.

Important game to mention about took place in Usti nad Labem. BK Usti nad Labem (2-1) saved a 3-point victory at home edging BK Kolin (1-2) 95-92 on Wednesday evening. BK Usti nad Labem made 16-of-20 charity shots (80.0 percent) during the game. It was a great evening for American guard Donald Robinson (193-89, college: W.Virginia Tech) who led his team to a victory scoring 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Forward Ladislav Pecka (197-91) helped adding 21 points (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field). BK Usti nad Labem's coach Antonin Pistecky allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. The best for the losing side was American forward Lee Skinner (198-92, college: Wofford) with 28 points and 9 rebounds and Montenegrin center Milos Pajovic (205-94) scored 14 points. Four BK Kolin players scored in double figures. BK Usti nad Labem will play against BK Olomoucko (#11) in Prostejov in the next round and are hoping to win another game. BK Kolin will play on the road against BK Lions Hradec in J.Hradec and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers:Usti n/Labem: D.Robinson 32+6reb+6ast, L.Pecka 21+4reb, D.Steffel 10+3reb, J.Treadwell 8+4reb, E.Singletary 8+3reb+1ast, S.Svejcar 7+7reb+4astBK Kolin: L.Skinner 28+9reb+3ast, M.Pajovic 14+4reb+3ast, P.Safarcik 13+6reb+1ast, B.Bakic 12+5reb+3ast, P.Dokoupil 7+2reb+2ast, D.Machac 6+3reb

The most exciting game of round 3 in the NBL took place in Opava. This derby game ended with only one-point defeat on the road of Basketbal Svitavy (0-3) to BK Opava (3-0) 81-80 on Wednesday evening. Host team only slightly avoided a big embarassment. It was a good game for the former international point guard Jakub Sirina (186-87, agency: Octagon Europe) who saved his team from a defeat with 20 points and 9 assists. The former international guard Radim Klecka (189-90) contributed with 18 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. American forward Garret Kerr (194-92, college: Univ.Sciences) answered with a double-double by scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds and the other American import point guard Bryan Smithson (183-85, college: NC-Asheville, agency: HMS) added 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the effort for Basketbal Svitavy. Four Basketbal Svitavy players scored in double figures. BK Opava are looking forward to face USK Praha (#3) on the road in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Basketbal Svitavy will play against BK Pardubice (#7) and hopes to get finally their first victory.Top scorers:BK Opava: J.Sirina 20+2reb+9ast, R.Klecka 18+5reb+1ast, R.Kouril 13+3reb+5ast, F.Zbranek 9+3reb+2ast, V.Bujnoch 8+9reb, M.Kvapil 6+2rebSvitavy: G.Kerr 24+14reb+3ast, B.Smithson 15+5reb+4ast, P.Slezak 11+2reb+4ast, B.Roseboro 10+5reb+2ast, R.Marko 6+3reb+8ast, S.Pursl 6+1reb+1ast

No shocking result in a game when BK Decin (2-1) beat at home BK Olomoucko (0-3) 96-84 on Wednesday. BK Decin looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. It was an exceptional evening for point guard Ondrej Siska (190-93) who led the winners and scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. The former international forward Tomas Pomikalek (200-89) accounted for 18 points and 6 rebounds for the winning side. American forward Charles Mitchell (203-93, college: Georgia Tech) came up with 25 points and 8 rebounds and the other American import guard J.C. Fuller (193-94, college: W.Illinois) added 17 points and 10 rebounds respectively for BK Olomoucko in the defeat. Five BK Decin and four BK Olomoucko players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. BK Decin will meet at home CEZ Nymburk in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. BK Olomoucko will play against BK Usti nad Labem (#4) and looks forward to get finally their first victory.Top scorers:BK Decin: O.Siska 21+5reb+9ast, T.Pomikalek 18+6reb+1ast, P.Houska 14+6reb+1ast, F.Halada 10+1reb, L.Festr 10+2reb+4ast, J.Krakovic 8BK Olomoucko: C.Mitchell 25+8reb+2ast, J.Fuller 17+10reb+2ast, F.Sepa 11+1reb+2ast, M.Kremen 11+3reb, J.Mocnik 7+1reb+5ast, M.Norwa 6+3reb

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